Racial ideologies compare and contrast essay Racial ideologies have tremendous impact on the societies, particularly those with mixed races. The practice of racial prejudice and stereotypes changing a society can be seen from 1500-1830 in North America, and of Latin America and the Caribbean. In both regions, the effects of racial ideologies can best be seen in the treatment of natives to the region and of slaves. But, because of the strong influence of different European nations, and their differing standards, contrasting societal effects can be observed depending on who was responsible for the colonization of the region. The idea of European superiority and dominance drove the social structure of the "new world", (consisting mainly of North and Latin Americas and the Caribbean).
Melissa Mohammed Period 2 Comparison & Contrast: Trans-Atlantic & Indian Ocean Basin Trade During the colonization of the Americas the Trans-Atlantic and Indian Ocean basin were both used as a trading system for commerce exchange. The effect trading had on the indigenous people had been different and what was traded among the systems was also dissimilar. However, both the Trans-Atlantic and Indian Ocean basin had European involvement. Both trading routes had exposure to many diseases, but the effects devastated the Trans-Atlantic in a tremendous way. Eventually, Europeans dominated both trading systems allowing them to run the waters.
Slavery began in North American; the first black slaves were brought to settlements in Virginia. It is believed that at first, these slaves were thought of as the white servants brought over from Europe. However, the black servants were treated differently than the white servants, and then were considered slaves. Europeans sometimes justified their slave trade with the fact that Africa had their own slave system. However, The European slave trade was much more cruel, whereas the African system was similar to the European feudal system.
The Evolution of the Commerce Clause Business regulation is one of the most debated features of modern politics. Regulation is commonly known to effect business ability to be competitive in both internal and external markets. The federal government’s ability to regulate business has grown out of the judicial branches’ constant manipulation of the contextual meaning of various elements of the Constitution. The progressive manipulation is a non-debatable fact, but the overall benefits, or consequences is a hotbed for argument. Progressives carrying the belief the importance of a living constitution are pinned up against Originalist who quest to preserve the original founding fathers intentions behind the text of the constitution.
Colonial America, settled by Western Europeans, initially displayed social and cultural characteristics similar to the group by which it was founded. As America grew, population density increased, government was established, and a notion of ‘civilization’ was embedded into the American mindset. The previous influences, in combination with other factors, such as America’s distance from Europe, helped the United States wage and win the Revolutionary war. The US, gaining it’s Independence, inevitably was to evolve it’s own unique cultural traits. Early America portrayed the wild frontier as part of their national identity, while common colonial American ideology stigmatized the associated Native American culture as less civilized, as savage, and as subordinate to ‘modern’ eighteenth and nineteenth century societies.
Impact of Globalization Derra Gibler Western Governors University Abstract Globalization as the influence of modern nations over non-developed or traditional peoples has affected indigenous peoples the world over. I will discuss two such examples of the impact of globalization, the Aboriginal peoples and European settlement and the Spanish Imperialism of the Philippine Islands. The Europeans had a direct impact on the Aboriginals as they landed on an inhabited continent and claimed it as though it was theirs by right. They saw Aboriginals as enemies and as the settlers had modern guns were better armed for the conflict. Not all settlers considered themselves enemies of the natives but sought to better the lives of the natives and so had a second unintentional effect of introducing disease for which the natives had no immunity (Department of Aboriginal Affairs, 2011).
|Name: |Date: | Graded Assignment Consequences of the Columbian Exchange (50 points) When Europeans began colonizing new lands, they brought with them plants, animals, and other goods that did not exist in the New World, and they took back with them things that did not exist in Europe, Africa, or Asia. This exchange among continents altered diets, farming patterns, and even the economic organization of some countries. The consequences of this global transfer, called the Columbian Exchange, were far reaching. Step 1: Read over the following scenarios that resulted in the Columbian Exchange and think about the unintended consequences in each. • Some European sailors have smallpox.
In what ways, if at all, did the Columbian exchange change the balance of global forces across the world? The small insertion of “if at all” is very enticing: it asks if we believe the Columbian exchange really shaped history, and yet the main focus of the question is “global forces”. What do we mean by global forces? We will examine which particular global forces were affected by a few of the many elements involved in the ‘Columbian Exchange’, for I believe it changed everything. The first and most decisive ‘exchange’ was microbes.1 It can be asked if Spain and Portugal would have been able to conquer vast areas of Central and South America so quickly had the indigenous population not been brought to the rim of extinction?
European nations began by establishing colonies in foreign areas to gain access to new resources that could not be easily accessed in Europe. These colonies were established in places such as India, and Africa which were fertile growing areas for spices and other raw materials that are not able to grow in the northern colder climates of Europe. With the establishment of these colonies, the rulers of the European nations such as England, France, and Germany saw a great way to make some extra money in the form of taxation. I believe that this led ultimately to the idea of Imperialism in which these nations were heavily taxing these colonies. This in turn led to things such as the American Revolution and the commonly known phrase “taxation without representation”.
By its very nature, globalization does require some release of cultural identity. This is as true for tribal cultures as it is true for generational cultures. The above mentioned movie demonstrates how tribes can be affected by the infiltration of the outside culture. Also though, even the generational culture of the Baby Boomers can be affected by globalization when it is confronted with the new values and habits of younger generations who are more tech savvy and less comfortable to shelving their own desires for the greater good. In America, a land once referred to as a “Melting Pot,” globalization has been lauded as an important value.